The Incredible Machine 1992

Is it still worth playing?

Rube Goldberg devices are what you build in this series of computer games, designed and coded by Kevin Ryan. The goal is to arrange a given collection of objects in a needlessly complex way to perform a simple task, such as putting a ball into a box or starting a mixer and turning on a fan. Objects range from ropes and pulleys to bowling balls and even cats and mice, and most react to others: mice run toward nearby cheese. Each level has fixed objects you cannot move, and you solve the puzzle by arranging a provided set of objects around them. The physics simulation is deterministic, so a given machine always gives the same result. Every failure is still yours to fix, because a machine behaves the same way every time.